Research and Course Guides: MUSC 162 Roots of Blues, Rock, and Country Music: Getting Started

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Encyclopedias & Dictonaries

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedic information on music and musicians. You will find much information under broad headings, such as "Rock," "Blues," "Country Music." Also under individuals ("Johnny Cash"), groups ("Beatles"), or genres ("Gospel Music").

Cambridge history of American music
The History begins with a survey of the music of Native Americans and then explores the social, historical, and cultural events of musical life in the period until 1900. Other contributors examine the growth and influence of popular music, including film and stage music, jazz, rock, and immigrant, folk, and regional music.
African American Studies Center
Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
Includes over 700,000 biographical entries covering more than 400,000 notable international figures from all time periods and areas of study.

Books

Singing Out
Call Number: ML3551 .D83 2010
Folk Music: A Regional Exploration
Call Number: ML3551 .C56 2005
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Call Number: ML3524 .W53 2006
The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader
Call Number: ML3477 .B68 2014

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